Past zamonlar (Past Simple, Continuous)

O'tgan zamonda tugagan harakat uchun Past Simple, jarayondagi harakat uchun Past Continuous ishlatiladi.

Past Simple

Tugagan harakat: She went to Paris last year. yesterday, ago, last week, in 2019. To'g'ri fe'llarga -ed qo'shiladi (work, worked), noto'g'rilar 2-shaklga o'tadi (go, went; see, saw; tell, told).

Inkor va so'roqda did ishlatiladi, fe'l esa V1 da qoladi: She didn't go. Did you see him?

Past Continuous

was/were + V-ing: o'tmishda davom etayotgan jarayon. I was watching TV at 8 p.m. (soat 8 da televizor ko'rayotgan edim).

When va while

• when: jarayon paytida boshqa qisqa harakat sodir bo'lgan. I was watching TV when the phone rang.
• while: ikki jarayon bir vaqtda. While I was cooking, he was reading.

Qoida: uzoq davom etgan harakat Continuous da, uni to'xtatgan qisqa harakat Simple da.

1. Jarayon boshlangan: was cooking
2. Qisqa harakat uni to'xtatdi: the lights went out
3. Jarayon davom etdi yoki to'xtadi

Gap	Zamon
He called me last night.	Past Simple
He was calling me when I arrived.	Past Continuous

last year bilan Continuous emas: "She was going to Paris last year" tugagan harakatni bildirmaydi.

Ketma-ket harakatlar: Past Simple. We arrived, had lunch and left.